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Sol helps those who help themselves. Maybe we can sneak outta here the next chance we get.
Hunter about the children praying to Sol in their current circumstances[src]


Sol is the personification of the Sun and the god worshipped in the Mithraic monotheistic religion. Followers of the Mithraic are dedicated to Sol and started the Religious War in His name.

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Real World[]

In the real world, Sol was worshipped by the ancient Romans. It was long thought that Rome actually had two different, consecutive sun gods: The first, Sol Indiges, was thought to have been unimportant, disappearing altogether at an early period. Only in the late Roman Empire, scholars argued, did solar cult re-appear with the arrival in Rome of the Syrian Sol Invictus ("Unconquered Sun" in Latin), under the direct influence of Aurealian who elevated the cult to gain political power declaring the emperor holy under Sol Invictus. Recent publications have challenged the notion of two different sun gods in Rome, pointing to the abundant evidence for the continuity of the cult of Sol, and the lack of any clear differentiation – either in name or depiction – between the "early" and "late" Roman sun god.[1]

In Raised by Wolves[]

The Mithraic get their name from a real-world ancient religious cult of the god Mithras. The god Mitra originally came from ancient Persia, or modern Iran. At the height of the Roman Empire, he began to be worshipped as Mithras in a Roman mystery cult. The cult became very popular, especially with soldiers. The sun god Sol was originally a separate god, but Mithras was often worshipped together with "Sol Invictus," the conquering sun.

In Raised by Wolves, the two gods have been blended into one and the Mithraists, or "Mithraic," worship a single god called Sol, who is associated with "the Light." Such is the reason as to why the Mithraic characters wear sun emblems and sun pendants.[2]

Etymology[]

The Latin sol for "Sun" is believed to originate in the Proto-Indo-European language, as a continuation of the heteroclitic *Seh2ul- / *Sh2-en-, and thus cognate to other solar deities in other Indo-European Languages: Germanic Sól (sun)|Sol, Sanskrit Surya, Greek Helios, Lithuanian Saule (Lithuanian mythology)|Saulė. Also compare Latin sol to Etruscan Helios#Usil, the Etruscan Helios|usil. Today, sol (or variations of it, such as Italian language|Italian sole or French language|French soleil) is still the main word for "sun" in Romance languages.[1] Sol also means sun in the Scandinavian languages (Swedish, Danish and Norwegian).

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